The Lower 9 Resilience Festival is an annual opportunity to reflect, mourn, and recognize our efforts to rebuild and become whole again. We will embrace this opportunity to encourage and fellowship with our neighbors, thank our volunteers and embrace a community driven effort to promote financial and economic stimulation. Get more information, sign up to volunteer.
Special ceremony to unveil Historic Lower 9 plaque, commemorate Hurricane Katrina
Please mark your calendar for a ceremony to unveil a historic plaque for everyone to see at the breach site of the Industrial Canal.
WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward
WHAT: Historic plaque unveiling ceremony WHERE: T-intersection of Jourdan Avenue and N. Johnson Street, New Orleans WHEN: Monday, August 24, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Darryl Malek-Wiley
Event commemorate 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, Aug. 27
"Who We Are" Hurricane Katrina documentary
Ruth U. Fertel/Tulane Community Heath Center
711 N. Broad
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The screening is free. For more information, call Ruth at 504-609-3583 or Ermelle at 832-477-7494.
Friday, Aug. 28
Reception and photo exhibition
Tekrema Center 5640 Burgundy Street 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
"Katrina Artistically Revisited" and Film Screening of Secondline/Secondlife by Ricklevine Canal Place 333 Canal Street 10 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29
K10 On The Levee - yoga and music
500 Deslonde Street 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, e-mail
10th Katrina Commemorative Event - Bravery, Strength, Resilience-Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow Laying of the Wreath Ceremony 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Andrew Pete Sanchez Community Center 1616 N. Claiborne Ave. Silent Procession 12:00 noon Promptly
Corner of Caffin Ave. & N. Claiborne
10th Annual Katrina Secondline/Wreath Placement
1826 Tennessee Street -1617 Tennessee Street 1 p.m. 3 p.m.
Feature Films show on the front of resident Robert Green's House 1826 Tennessee Street
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Films include:
Jonathan Demme: "The Right To Return" Discovery Channel: "Floods" Estee Blachard: "From My Heart" National Relief Network "Children of the Storm" Dr. Rick Levine feature film "Robert Lynn Green, Sr" After party 10 p.m. Everyone is invited to come out and bring a dish.
"Katrina 10 Years Later: A Second Life, A Second Chance" will premiere this Sunday, Aug. 23, 7 p.m. on the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Channel. You can catch it again on WYES-New Orleans, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Check your local listings for encore presentations.
Update your business information in our Lower 9 Resource Guide
CSED is working to update our Lower 9 Resource Guide through phone calls and site visits. If you'd like to include your business in our guide, or update your business information, please contact CSED's Beverly Jackson at 504-756-1204.
Evacuteer captains needed in Lower 9
Sign up today to volunteer with Evacuteer. These special volunteers will assist our community during mandatory evacuations.
Donate diapers to moms in our community now through Aug. 31. Drop off diapers (sizes 2 - 4) and wipes (3t - 4t) at two locations: 3300 S. Broad and 711 N. Broad.
The diapers will be given away at the Total Toddler Takeover event Friday, September 25, 10 a.m. - noon, at South Broad Community Health Center, 3300 S. Broad.
President Obama to visit New Orleans
President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton plan to visit New Orleans and meet with residents next week to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Local leaders and executives from CVS pharmacy broke ground on a new CVS pharmacy in the Lower 9th Ward this morning. This new store marks the first major retailer to commit to a project in our neighborhood since Hurricane Katrina. CVS/pharmacy will open a 13,225 square foot retail pharmacy at 5000-5030 North Claiborne Avenue (corner of North Claiborne and Forstall Street.) The store is expected to bring 20 new full and part-time jobs to local and neighborhood residents.
CSED Team
Chief Executive Officer Arthur Johnson Program Manager Kathy Muse Volunteer Manager Warrenetta Banks Wetland Specialist John Taylor Energy Efficiency Assistant Charles Reddick Community Resilience Assistant Beverly Jackson
Resiliency Manager for Coastal Restoration and Community Awareness Rachel Pickens
The Lower 9 Resilience Festival is an annual opportunity to reflect, mourn, and recognize our efforts to rebuild and become whole again. We will embrace this opportunity to encourage and fellowship with our neighbors, thank our volunteers and embrace a community driven effort to promote financial and economic stimulation. Get more information, sign up to volunteer.
Special ceremony to unveil Historic Lower 9 plaque, commemorate Hurricane Katrina
Please mark your calendar for a ceremony to unveil a historic plaque for everyone to see at the breach site of the Industrial Canal.
WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward
WHAT: Historic plaque unveiling ceremony WHERE: T-intersection of Jourdan Avenue and N. Johnson Street, New Orleans WHEN: Monday, August 24, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Darryl Malek-Wiley
Event commemorate 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, Aug. 27
"Who We Are" Hurricane Katrina documentary
Ruth U. Fertel/Tulane Community Heath Center
711 N. Broad
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The screening is free. For more information, call Ruth at 504-609-3583 or Ermelle at 832-477-7494.
Friday, Aug. 28
Reception and photo exhibition
Tekrema Center 5640 Burgundy Street 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
"Katrina Artistically Revisited" and Film Screening of Secondline/Secondlife by Ricklevine Canal Place 333 Canal Street 10 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29
K10 On The Levee - yoga and music
500 Deslonde Street 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, e-mail
10th Katrina Commemorative Event - Bravery, Strength, Resilience-Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow Laying of the Wreath Ceremony 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Andrew Pete Sanchez Community Center 1616 N. Claiborne Ave. Silent Procession 12:00 noon Promptly
Corner of Caffin Ave. & N. Claiborne
10th Annual Katrina Secondline/Wreath Placement
1826 Tennessee Street -1617 Tennessee Street 1 p.m. 3 p.m.
Feature Films show on the front of resident Robert Green's House 1826 Tennessee Street
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Films include:
Jonathan Demme: "The Right To Return" Discovery Channel: "Floods" Estee Blachard: "From My Heart" National Relief Network "Children of the Storm" Dr. Rick Levine feature film "Robert Lynn Green, Sr" After party 10 p.m. Everyone is invited to come out and bring a dish.
"Katrina 10 Years Later: A Second Life, A Second Chance" will premiere this Sunday, Aug. 23, 7 p.m. on the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Channel. You can catch it again on WYES-New Orleans, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Check your local listings for encore presentations.
Update your business information in our Lower 9 Resource Guide
CSED is working to update our Lower 9 Resource Guide through phone calls and site visits. If you'd like to include your business in our guide, or update your business information, please contact CSED's Beverly Jackson at 504-756-1204.
Evacuteer captains needed in Lower 9
Sign up today to volunteer with Evacuteer. These special volunteers will assist our community during mandatory evacuations.
Donate diapers to moms in our community now through Aug. 31. Drop off diapers (sizes 2 - 4) and wipes (3t - 4t) at two locations: 3300 S. Broad and 711 N. Broad.
The diapers will be given away at the Total Toddler Takeover event Friday, September 25, 10 a.m. - noon, at South Broad Community Health Center, 3300 S. Broad.
President Obama to visit New Orleans
President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton plan to visit New Orleans and meet with residents next week to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Local leaders and executives from CVS pharmacy broke ground on a new CVS pharmacy in the Lower 9th Ward this morning. This new store marks the first major retailer to commit to a project in our neighborhood since Hurricane Katrina. CVS/pharmacy will open a 13,225 square foot retail pharmacy at 5000-5030 North Claiborne Avenue (corner of North Claiborne and Forstall Street.) The store is expected to bring 20 new full and part-time jobs to local and neighborhood residents.
CSED Team
Chief Executive Officer Arthur Johnson Program Manager Kathy Muse Volunteer Manager Warrenetta Banks Wetland Specialist John Taylor Energy Efficiency Assistant Charles Reddick Community Resilience Assistant Beverly Jackson
Resiliency Manager for Coastal Restoration and Community Awareness Rachel Pickens
It's been a long time in the making - and well worth the wait! Check out this film, just released to YouTube, by Reynaldo Morales, a graduate fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dear friends,
This documentary is part of the effort of University of Wisconsin/NOLA project addressing environmental justice in New Orleans and specifically at the Lower Ninth Ward. Produced in mid 2010 and released in 2011, this served to expose the critical situation of the Lower Ninth Ward community and their chances for its reconstruction, linked to a broader understanding of environmental justice and wetland restoration as opportunities for community sustainable development. The documentary also exposes the situation of the BP Oil Spill and the "loss of a size of a football field of wetlands every 30 minutes" in Louisiana, according to scientist Wilma Subra, and its connection with the impact on the Gulf Coast fishing community and the future of the wetlands in Louisiana and New Orleans, as well as the role of organizations and advocates to keep the hope for the future. The last threat from Hurricane Isaac and the new presence of oil slicks in the Gulf Coast confirm what it is exposed here.
Please help us to continue distributing it. This documentary has been presented to several organizations and universities in New Orleans, as well as among students and faculty from important universities such as UW Madison, Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, and others through online distribution.
On this day after the 7th Anniversary of Katrina - and now that Isaac is past - we thought it would be worth reposting this trailer from the folks at the Land of Opportunity Project who did a lot of filming in and around the Lower 9th Ward.
Founded in 2006, the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED) works to stimulate civic engagement, repopulate, sustain natural systems, assist community leadership and preserve resources in the Lower 9th Ward neighborhoods.
Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development
5130 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70117
P: 504.324.9955
Executive Director Arthur Johnson Program Coordinator & Urban Farm Manager Kathy Muse Volunteer Coordinator Warrenetta Banks Energy Efficiency & Urban Farm Coordinator Vincent Fedeli Food Planning Coordinator Jenga Mwendo Wetland Specialist
John Taylor Energy Efficiency Apprentice
Charles Reddick Food Planning Organizer Beverly Jackson
Bill Waiters, Chair, Lower Ninth Ward Austin Allen, Louisiana State University Antoinette Ackerson, Lower Ninth Ward Calvin Alexander, Lower Ninth Ward William Becker, E3G, Natural Capitalism Solutions M. David Lee, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Stull and Lee Inc. Dave Macaulay, Green ArchiTEXT Darryl Malek-Wiley, Sierra Club Greer Mendy, Tekrema Center for Art and Culture Earthea Nance, Texas Southern University J.W. Tatum, Lower Ninth Ward
